DOG DAYS: Marc Bekoff argues that animals lead inner lives that go way beyond basic instinct and the need for survival. (Photo: Courtesy Marc Bekoff) Have you ever wondered why a scrum of dogs set loose in a city playground get along? Their anxious ...
ENERGY: SAN DIEGO, California, Nov 19 (IPS/IFEJ) - Stephen Mayfield, the recently appointed director of the University of California at San Diego's Algae Biotechnology lab, is taking on a Texas-sized challenge - giving birth to a nascent ...
The study of who eats whom - known as "food webs" — is essential to understanding and preserving habitats. The traditional way to evaluate the overall health of an ecosystem is to conduct a biological inventory, note the robustness of keystone species ...
GREEN ACRES: Brad Kessler abandoned city life to raise goats on a 75-acre farm with his wife. (Photo: Dona Ann McAdams) The new book ought to come with a warning label. Even before thumbing the dust jacket, worker bees contemplating their escape ...
A new book by a controversial blogger takes on the government and the food industry. An interview with author Jill Richardson. I wanted to fill the gap in all the books that exist out there. When they say we need political reform. What does that ...
TRADE: WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (IPS) - Since 2001 China has become an increasingly active member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and proponent of open and competitive markets, but yesterday the WTO released a report saying that China has ...
ENVIRONMENT-US: SAN DIEGO, California, Aug 11 (IPS) - Juxtapose the word urban in front of farm and theres bound to be a lot of head scratching. But in cities around the U.S. small-scale farms and garden plots are coming to life in ...
Google Earth 5.0, now with oceans, is changing conservation in Baja California and around the world. has the potential to make Wild Coast's job easier. Its tiny staff of 12 has many miles to cover, providing technical assistance to Mexican ...
In his new book, “The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?”, author Peter Ward argues Mother Nature has a mean streak. In between classroom lectures, Ward has been testing his hypothesis before curious and somewhat ...
ENVIRONMENT: BAJA, May 18 (IPS/IFEJ) - Driving through Tijuana and long stretches of northern Baja, conservationist Zach Plopper loves his job but hates the commute. As a field cartographer for WildCoast, a binational conservation ...
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